SANDY. Real Salt Lake and Columbus Crew didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Columbus Crew was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Rio Tinto Stadium stadium in Sandy on Saturday and it started at 7:30 pm local time. The referee was Ramy Touchan with the help of Jason White and Brooke Mayo. The 4th official was Thomas Snyder. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 18.4 degrees Celsius or 65.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 27%.
Match Statistics
- 44 Ball Possession 56
Shots
- 16 Total 12
- 8 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 4
- 4 Shots blocked 4
- 60 Attack 59
- 21 Dangerous attack 19
- 63 Ball safe 85
- 0 Penalties 0
- 5 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 18 Total 10
- 4 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 3 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Columbus Crew had a strong ball possession 56% while Real Salt Lake was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Real Salt Lake was putting more pressure with 21 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 8 were on target. However, that was not enough Real Salt Lake to win the match.
Real Salt Lake shot 16 times, 8 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Columbus Crew shot 12 times, 4 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Real Salt Lake received 6 yellow cards (Cristian Arango , Emeka Eneli, Brayan Vera, Matt Crooks, Alexandros Katranis and Braian Ojeda). On the opposite side, Columbus Crew received 3 yellow cards (Taha Habroune, P. Quinton and Max Arfsten).
Match Timeline
Standings
Eastern Conference
Western Conference
After this contest, Real Salt Lake has 12 points like Colorado Rapids to sit in the 4th place. Talking about the opposition, Columbus Crew will has 13 points like Philadelphia Union to remain in the 4th place.
Next matches
Real Salt Lake – Formation
Real Salt Lake
90'
57'
Real Salt Lake started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Pablo Andrés Mastroeni decided to play with the following team: Zac MacMath , Andrew Brody , Justen Glad , Brayan Vera , Alexandros Katranis , Braian Ojeda , Emeka Eneli , A. Gómez , Matt Crooks , D. Luna and Cristian Arango .
The home team had on the bench: Bryan Oviedo, N. Palacio, Maikel Chang, F. Barajas , Bode Hidalgo, Anderson Julio , G. Beavers and Zavier Gozo.
Substitutions
Real Salt Lake made 3 changes: D. Luna for F. Barajas (71′), Matt Crooks for Anderson Julio (72′) and Andrew Brody for Bode Hidalgo (90′).
Player of the match: Zac MacMath
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Real Salt Lake was the goalkeeper: Zac MacMath. His rating is 7.85. He performed 4 saves.
Columbus Crew – Formation
Columbus Crew
Columbus Crew started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
Wilfried Nancy played with: Evan Bush , P. Quinton , Rudy Camacho , Malte Amundsen , Max Arfsten , Sean Zawadzki , A. Morris , W. Sands , Taha Habroune , Alexandru Măţan and Jacen Russell-Rowe .
These were the players on the bench: N. Hagen , Derrick Jones , Yevgen Cheberko, C. Mrowka, Steven Moreira, M. Farsi , Yaw Yeboah, Marino Hinestroza and Diego Rossi .
Columbus Crew could not rely on the presence of N. Hagen (injured).
Substitutions
Columbus Crew made 5 changes: Evan Bush for N. Hagen (35′), Alexandru Măţan for Diego Rossi (70′), Taha Habroune for M. Farsi (69′), Max Arfsten for Marino Hinestroza (70′) and Sean Zawadzki for Derrick Jones (82′).
Player of the match: Malte Amundsen
The player that probably impressed the most for Columbus Crew was Malte Amundsen.
His rating is with 60 passes (92% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Major League Soccer.
- Dallas – Seattle Sounders – 0-0
- Sporting KC – Inter Miami – 2-3
- Minnesota United – Houston Dynamo – 1-2
- Real Salt Lake – Columbus Crew – 0-0
- Vancouver Whitecaps – LA Galaxy – 1-3
- SJ Earthquakes – Colorado Rapids – 0-3
- Atlanta United – Philadelphia Union – 2-2
- St. Louis City – Austin – 1-0
